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knock out
Render useless or inoperative, as in The storm knocked out the power .
See knock oneself out .
Make tired, exhaust, as in That sightseeing tour knocked me out .
See knock off , def. 2.
Also, knock out cold . Render unconscious by a blow or some other means. For example, It was just a swinging door, but it knocked her out , or Just one of those sleeping pills can knock you out cold . [Late 1500s]
Example Sentences
Littler's defeat follows him being knocked out in the first round of the 11th event on Tuesday.
After England were knocked out of the T20 World Cup group stage in October, former spinner Hartley said some players were "letting the team down" in terms of fitness.
What Sanders did — knock out a popular sheriff and district attorney in a law-and-order county — was unprecedented and gave progressive activists a dash of hope that Orange County was changing for the better.
Heathrow is supplied by three substations, but knocking out one caused loss of power to the airport.
“There is a biological reality,” said Essayli, who pointed to a young track athlete from his district who he said was knocked out of a spot on a top team by a trans athlete.
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